Device for cutting rope into predetermined lengths



C. F. HOCUTT June 15, 1954 DEVICE FOR CUTTING ROPE INTO PREDETERMINEDLENGTHS Filed March 29, 1951 INVENTOR Ho c zo? BY M Mqf ATTORNEBPatented June l5, 1954 UNITED STATES RATENT OFFICE DEVCE FOR CUTTINGROPE INTO PREDETERMINED LENGTHS Clyde F. Hocutt, Berry, Ala. ApplicationMarch 29, 1951, vSerial No. 218,22

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The invention relates to a rope cutter.

An object of this invention is to provide a machine whereby rope may beout into even lengths.

Another object of this invention is to provide a rope cutting machinewhich is of simple con struction and includes a rope feeding means witha rotatable cutting wheel having one or more cutting blades thereon.rilhe diameter of the cutting wheel and the spacing between the cuttingblades will determine the length of each piece of rope.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detailed side elevation partly broken away and in sectionof a rope cutter constructed according to an embodiment of thisinvention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section of forward feeding wheels andrope guide.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral iii designates generally a framestructure which is formed of a pair oi inverted U-shaped channel membersl I disposed in spaced apart relation and secured to lower channelmembers l2. A shaft E3 is journalled in bearings It secured to the loweror base member i2 and is adapted to be connected to a suitable source ofpower supply.

The shaft i3 has Xedly mounted thereon a peripheraily grooved wheel i5which is of substantially large diameter, and the wheel. i5 has disposedin substantially contacting relation therewith a second or upperpressure wheel i6. The pressure wheel it is Fixed to a shaft iljournalled in bearings id which are spring tensioned on the upper framebar l by means of springs 2i) and bolts This arrangement permits athickened portion of the rope to pass through the device withoutmaterial disalignment thereof since a progressive yielding effect of thecomponent parts is thus produced.

A length of rope R is adapted to be extended between the two wheels l5and i5, the latter being also grooved and the rope R is guided towardthe wheels it and l5 by means of a flared thimble or guide member 22.The guide member 22 is carried by an L-shaped supporting member 23 whichis xed to a transversely disposed bar 2Q secured between the invertedU-shaped frame members Il.

The frame it also has journalled between the frame members Il thereof asecond shaft 25 on which a wheel 2S is iixedly secured. The wheel 25 isformed with a peripheral groove 2'?, and one or more rope cutting blades28 are secured to the wheel 26 and project from the periphery thereoffor cutting engagement with the rope R as the latter is pushed forwardlybetween the wheel 25 and an upper pressure wheel 29. The upper pressurewheel 29 is mounted on a transversely disposed shaft 3B which isjournalled in bearings 3|, and the bearings 3l are under pressure bymeans of springs 32 engaging about springI tensioning bolts 33.

A tubular guide 34 is disposed between the wheels l5 and 2t in alignmentwith the meeting point between the wheels l5 and it and 25 and 29. Theguide sleeve 3d has extending upwardly therefrom a threaded guidesupporting bolt 35 which engages through a transversely disposedsupporting bar 3G xed between the upper frame members I9.

The bolt 35 has threaded thereon a nut 3l so that the guide 34 may bevertically adjusted to guide the rope in a substantially straight linebetween the forward wheels and the rear wheels. The shaft i3 has xedthereon a sprocket 33 and the shaft 25 has xed thereon a sprocket 39.

Anendless chain do engages about the sprockets 38 and 39 and providesfor equal rotation of the two wheels l5 and i6. l

In the use and operation of this invention the rope R is extended from acoil positioned torwardly of the machine and is guided through theforward guide thimble 22. The rope is passed between the wheels i5 andit and is pushed forwardly through the guide member 34 to the cuttingwheel 26 and the pressure wheel 2S. The cutting wheel 2t in the presentinstance has mounted thereon a pair of cutting blades 2t which aredisposed in diametrically opposed position so that two lengths of ropewill be cut with each revolution of wheel 26. The specific length of therope which is cut is determined by the spacing between the cutter bladesand the diameter of the cutting wheel 26. In the present instance, thesecut lengths of rope are designed for use in forming rope handles onreceptacles or the like.

What is claimed is:

A rope cutter comprising a frame, a lower pair of wheels carried by saidframe with the axes thereof parallel, said wheels having groovedperipheries, an upper pair of wheels of substantially smaller diameterthan said first pair of wheels disposed one above each of said lowerwheels, said upper wheels having grooves in their peripheries alignedwith the grooves in said rstmentioned wheels, axles for each of saidwheels yieldably tensionable, bearings for each end of the axles of saidsecond pair of wheels, an apertured base plate for each bearing seatingon said frame, said frame having apertures therein aligned with theapertures in said base plates, bolts extending through the alignedapertures one on each side of each end of each axle, nuts on said bolts,and compression springs surrounding said bolts between said nuts andsaid base plate whereby yieldably to tension said bearings, said nutsserving to Vary the tension thereof, a cutlery blade carried by andprojecting radially from one of said lower wheels, a chain and sprocketdriving connection between said lower wheels, a rope guiding thimbledisposed forwardly of the other one of said lower wheels in the plane ofthe junction between said upper and lower wheels and aligned with theperipheral grooves therein, means supporting said thimble from saidframe, a tubular guide between said .pairs of wheels, and meanssupporting said tubular guide in the plane of the junction between saidupper and lower wheels in alignment with said peripheral gIOOVeS-References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 437,413 Eckerson Sept. 30, 1890 1,185,790 Greis'ing June 6,1916 1,394,342 Overbury Oct. 18, 1921 1,468,452 Barber Sept. 18, 19231,829,456 Robbins et a1. Oct. 27, 1931 2,390,096 Goepfert Dec. 4, 1935

